Commentary: 'Hellish Gargoyle'

Published February 10, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Hollis Speer Gillespie is a flight attendant. She finds she's in demand for her skills as an interpreter as well in Germany. This is odd, because she can barely bumble her way through the language, let alone speak it fluently.

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